Table 4 Interdose interval comparison between hospitalized versus outpatient setting, as measured by electronic pill-box monitoring.
From: Evaluation of medication adherence methods in the treatment of malaria in Rwandan infants
The interval between doses | hospitalisation period (373 intervals) | outpatient period (462 intervals) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of doses | % | Number of doses | % | |||
interdose | longer than 9 hours | 17 | 4.0 | 115 | 20.2 | < 0.001* |
Longer than 10 hours | 6 | 1.4 | 57 | 10.0 | < 0.001* | |
interdose | shorter than 7 hours | 35 | 8.2 | 93 | 16.4 | 0.001* |
shorter than 6 hours | 14 | 3.3 | 38 | 6.7 | 0.023* | |